ComplexTrans – Global Rail-Road Transportation System: The Best Way Ahead for Railways and Roads Is Coherent Cooperation, Not the Competition

Abstract

Land transport can no longer meet the requirements. Crowded motorways and cities, dangerous emissions, ubiquitous traffic accidents, delays, expensive railways. Solutions are being sought to transfer a large part of passenger and especially freight transport to rail, and efforts are moving towards electromobility, car-sharing, 5G-connectivity, autonomous driving, MaaS-coordinated transport or Hyperloop-type solutions. However, all these solutions have additional challenges and limitations. Solutions are not being searched where they really exist - in the mutual adaptation of road and rail vehicles and their deep cooperation.

The ComplexTrans project shows that simply adapting the dimensions and functions of road and rail vehicles can eliminate or significantly reduce all the problems of existing land transport. The main features of the ComplexTrans system are sufficient parking spaces, reduction of road congestions, cheap e-vehicles with unlimited range and increased utility value, cheap and simple charging infrastructure, 'autonomous' ride, easy cooperation of passenger and freight rail transport, railway self-financing, transferring big portion of transport from road and air to rail, covid protection and many others.